Huang Bo's watch for rural girls was transferred to his brother? Parents responded: It was worn by their daughter before losing it, and there was no preference for sons
Recently, actor Huang Bo's video of helping Lili (pseudonym), a girl from a poor family in Dongsheng Village, Longsheng Autonomous County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province, in a variety show five years ago, rushed to the hot search and caused heated discussions. In the show, Huang Bo celebrated Lili, who was 9 years old at the time, on her birthday and gave children's watches as gifts.
At the same time as the relevant video spread, some netizens said that "the children's watch was later handed over to the younger brother by the parents", saying that "grandma preferred sons to daughters, blamed and slapped Lili", and some netizens said that "Huang Bo gave up funding Lili because of this".
↑ Video clips and web rumors
Lili's parents denied the above claims in an interview with Red Star News, saying that the watch was never given to her brother and was always worn by her daughter, but was accidentally lost. Lili's mother believes that some of the remarks have had a bad impact on Lili, who is currently in adolescence.
Netizens posted articles accusing the girl's parents of preferring sons to girls, and many insiders restored the facts
Recently, a number of netizens posted that actor Huang Bo participated in a variety show in 2018, and the parents of the rural girl Lili were patriarchal.
Based on video clips of related variety shows, the version circulating on the Internet said that Huang Bo came to a mountainous area in Guilin in a variety show to help local children fulfill their dreams. In the process of getting along with the girl Lili, Huang Bo found that the other party was very sensible and the conditions at home were difficult, so he decided to sponsor her. Lili took Huang Bo back to her home, but she didn't expect to be slapped by her grandmother, and Huang Bo was also frightened, but she could only keep comforting Lili and prepared to fail in funding. Internet rumors also say that girls' families are patriarchal and all their thoughts are on boys. Huang Bo gave the little girl a phone watch before leaving, but it was given to the little girl's brother by the family.
On the same day, the village branch secretary of Dongsheng Village, where Lili's family is located, introduced to Red Star News that Lili's family has been lifted out of poverty in 2020, and the family's life, schooling, and medical treatment have been guaranteed. At present, Lili is in the second year of junior high school in the county seat, and her parents are migrant workers. The watch that Huang Bo gave was lost by Lili herself while playing, "Her brother didn't touch it." The village branch secretary also mentioned that in the show, grandma's actions are just actions that everyone is accustomed to educating children, not "beating people".
Subsequently, the Red Star News reporter contacted the staff involved in the main creator of the variety show, and the other party said that when the program was produced in 2018, the artist only needed to accompany, chat and give gifts with the children, and did not involve matters related to follow-up funding, and the program team did not consider the aspect of "artists subsequently funding poor children" at that time.
On the afternoon of June 3, Huang Bo posted on Weibo that his acquaintance with Lili was a beautiful fate, and "this shining girl" later often shared with him her achievements at different stages, "I believe that everyone is concerned because of goodwill, but I also hope that everyone will give the child a quiet space in her intense learning stage." ”
↑Huang Bo posted on Weibo, hoping that everyone will give children a quiet space
Dialogue with the girl's parents: Please stop spreading rumors, we do not favor sons
The Red Star News reporter then contacted Lili's parents. They said that the family has never preferred sons to daughters, and hoped that netizens would stop spreading rumors so as not to cause harm to Lili.
Red Star News: Did the parents give the watch that Huang Bo gave to his sister to his younger brother?
Lili's father: I didn't give it to my brother, she lost the watch herself.
Red Star News: In the video at that time, grandma blamed Lili on the second floor, why?
Lili's father: I asked my mother, she didn't blame Lili, she just felt that the upstairs was not cleaned up, things were messy, and she was embarrassed to be filmed into the show. My mother just touched it, and her head was also tilted, where would she slap?
Red Star News: Lili once said on the show that her wish was to have a pair of dancing shoes, did she learn dance later?
Lili's mother: I signed her up for a class, she studied for a while, but then she didn't want to go.
Red Star News: In that episode, Lili took the cake home because her parents asked her to bring it back?
Lili's mother: There was no request, it was she who loved her brother and brought the cake back. There are only two children in our family, and I have not spent as much thought on my son as I have spent on my daughter. The little girl likes good things, and as long as she buys clothes that her sister needs, we will buy her what we can meet, but the conditions are limited. If the conditions are good, I will want to give her all the good things.
Red Star News: How are you doing?
Lili's mother: My husband is doing renovations on the construction site, and I work in a shop. Life can be maintained normally, and (the family) has been lifted out of poverty.
Red Star News: Have some recent online remarks affected Lili?
Lili's mother: Netizens rumored that our family prefers sons to daughters, which has caused a bad impact on my daughter. She is now the class president, she is in adolescence, and her personality is relatively strong, and all we can do is enlighten her more. Before, we were working in the city to bring our younger brother with us, and we also wanted to bring our daughter to live together, but my daughter already had her own class and classmates in the county, and she also had her own ideas, so we didn't get together. I am now also ready to return to the county to rent a house and live with her.
Red Star News: Was there talk about actors sponsoring children?
Lili's mother: At that time, the commission was just a wish, I hope she has a learning opportunity, I hope she can improve her studies and be better encouraged. We never thought that we needed long-term funding from others, and our own children must be raised by ourselves. Our thoughts were very simple, we didn't think that Huang Bo would give her a tablet, nor did we say that Huang Bo or others had to give her gifts. At that time, the purpose of recording the show was to let my daughter have more contact with others and exercise her courage. If I knew that there would be so many things going on later, I wouldn't have let her participate in the recording of the show.
Red Star News: Was there any contact with Huang Bo later?
Lili's mother: Later, Huang Bo took her to Dalian for a few days to see the outside world. When it comes to Spring Festival and other festivals, my daughter will also call Huang Bo. Sometimes we get small gifts, but I don't know who gave them.
Red Star News: Finally, do you want to say something to netizens?
Lili's mother: I hope I don't hurt my daughter and stop spreading rumors. We do not prefer sons.
Red Star News reporter Zhu Bisheng Chen Qingyuan
Edited by Zhang Li Editor: Li Binbin